Brushing device



May 19, 1925. 1,538,820

c. A. KELLY BRUSHING DEVICE Filed Sept. 6, 1924 Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRUSI-IING DEVICE.

Application filed. September 6, 1924. Serial No. 736,285.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CI-rAnLEs A. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hinsdale, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brushing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a simple brushing device susceptible of being conveniently operated in a wide range of use and requiring but little effort for its efficient operation.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, illustrative of the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken in the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlargement perspective of the body per se of the device.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel brushing device comprises a body 1. The said body 1 is of open rectangular configuration and is provided at one of its upright sides with a hand grasp 2; the said body being preferably formed of metal straps riveted together at 3 and being possessed of great stiffness and strength.

Journaled in the top bar 4. intermediate bar 5 and bottom bar 6 of the body 1, and held against endwise play by cotter pins 7 or other appropriate means is the main shaft 8 of the device, the said shaft being extended a considerable distance beyond the bottom bar 6 of the body 1 and being provided on or having aflixed to its lower end a brush 9 which may be of the specific construction shown in Figure 1 or of any other construction compatible with the purpose of my invention.

Keyed on or otherwise suitably fixed to the shaft 8 and interposed between the body bars 4; and 5 is a small spur gearlfl, and.

meshed with the said spur gear 10 is a larger spur gear 11 which is also arranged between the body bars 4: and 5 as appears in Figure 1. The said comparatively large spur gear 11 is keyed or otherwise fixed to a shaft 12 that is journaled in the body bars 4 and 5 and is held against endwise shifting by cotter pins 13 and is provided at its upper end with a crank 14, preferably formed integral with the shaft as illustrated. Manifestly when the body 1 is held by the hand grasp 2 in one hand and the crank 14E is turned through the medium of the other hand the shaft 8 and the brush 9 will be powerfully rotated at a high rate of speed and this with but little effort on the part of the operator; and it will also be appreciated that through the medium of the hand grasp 2 and the body 1 the brush 9 may be manipulated and held to its work in out of the way places and without necessitating stooping on the part of the operator or other inconvenient positioning of the operators body.

My novel brush device is designed more particularly for polishing stoves and in such use the device avoids injury to the fingers of the operator and is adapted to be used to advantage in places which cannot be reached with an ordinary brush. I would also have it understood that the device is capable of being used to advantage for dusting wicker and fiber furniture inasmuch as the brush 9 can be conveniently placed and operated in variously disposed interstices.

I have specifically described the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart an exact understanding of said embodiment. It is to be understood, however, that the scope of my invention is defined by my appended claim within which changes may be made without departure from my inven tion.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

A brushing device comprising an open rectangular body having one of its upright portions shaped to form a hand grasp and also havin an intermediate cross bar adjacent to and spaced. from its top bar, a shaft journaled and held against endwise movement in said top bar and intermediate bar and also in the lower bar of the body and having fixedv to its upper portion a spur gear interposed between the top bar and intermediate bar of the body, a brush carried by and rotatable with the said shaft, a second shaft journaled and heldagainst endwise movement in the top bar and intermediate bar of the body and having a crank, 10

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- V ture.

CHARLES A. KELLY. 

